The United Nations Security Council removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa, who is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
The US-drafted resolution yesterday also lifted sanctions on Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab. It received 14 votes in favour, while China abstained. Washington has been urging the 15-member Security Council for months to ease Syria sanctions. After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad was ousted in December in a lightning offensive by insurgent forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS). Formerly known as the Nusra Front, HTS was Al Qaeda’s official wing in Syria until breaking ties in 2016.
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